WILDLIFE AND WHITESANDS FAMILY SAFARI.

 

Kenya offers great value safaris and combines the best of African game viewing with affordable luxury lodges. Travel is by road and along the way you will have the opportunity to stop at small villages and markets. Heading north your first night is spent at Mountain Lodge in the Aberdare National Park in the shadow of Mount Kenya - Africa's second highest peak after Kilimanjaro. Then it is through to Samburu Reserve, a rugged region that is home to unusual species such as Grevy zebra and reticulated giraffe, as well as Oryx, gerenuk, Somali ostrich and dik-dik. Elephant, lion, cheetah and leopard are also resident and are regularly seen on morning and evening game drives.

 

Turning south, spend a night at Lake Nakuru where you will enjoy the spectacular scenery of the Great Rift Valley. The last 2 Days of game viewing are spent in the Masai Mara. Considered to be the best of Kenya's wildlife areas, the Mara is the northern end of the Serengeti Ecosystem, and is the pathway of the yearly wildebeest migration from. The fertile Mara plains sustain an enormous amount of game and are home to the Masai people.

 

From here it is off to the coast to experience the charm of the Swahili people, the great beaches, delicious seafood and lazy lifestyle that will end your holiday perfectly!!

 

Day 1 Nairobi Holiday inn
On arrival in Nairobi you will be met and transferred to the comfortable Mountain Lodge in teh Aberdare National Park, for your overnight stay.

 

Day 2 Nairobi- Aberdare National Park
Depart Nairobi with your driver/guide in a safari minibus and arrive at Mountain Tree-Lodge in time for lunch and your overnight stay. In this unique forest setting enjoy game viewing from the hide and the lodge.

 

Day3/4 Mountain Lodge – Samburu National Reserve.
A morning drive brings you to Mount Kenya National Park where your overnight stay will be at Mountain Lodge. In this unique forest setting enjoy guided walks, waterhole views from your room and spending time in the hide (reached by a tunnel) on the edge of the salt lick.

 

Day 5 Lake Nakuru Lion Hill
Morning departure to Lake Nakuru for your overnight stay at Lion Hill Lodge - this very beautiful Rift Valley National Park offers one of the world's greatest ornithological spectacles & is a good place to see rhino.

 

Day 6/7 Lake Nakuru- Masai Mara National Reserve
The drive in to the Masai Mara will take most of the morning but you arrive in time for a late lunch and afternoon game drive. Spending 2 Nights at Mara Serena Lodge will give you plenty of time to explore this marvelous & wildlife rich Game Reserve.

 

Day 8/9/10 Masai Mara- Kenya Coast Whitesands Beach Hotel
Morning drive to Nairobi, and transfer to the Airport for your flight to the Coast - kick back and enjoy delicious seafood and the lazy lifestyle of the Swahili coast. For the active there are swimming pools, a health club, tennis courts and golf and water sports can be arranged.

 

Day 11 Mombasa- Nairobi.
Transfer to Mombasa Airport for the flight to Nairobi, which will be timed to connect with your onward flight.

This safari operates with a minimum of 2 passengers and the single supplement is available on request only.

 

Safari inclusion

  • Arrival transfer in Nairobi
  • 1 night Holiday Inn Garden Court - breakfast
  • 1 night at Mountain Lodge - all meals and game viewing from the lodge & hide
  • 2 Nights at Samburu Serena Lodge - all meals and game viewing drives
  • 1 night at Lion Hill Lodge - all meals and game viewing drives
  • 2 Nights Mara Serena - all meals and game viewing drives
  • Return Airport transfers in Mombasa
  • 3 Nights Whitesands Hotel - dinner and breakfast, standard room
  • Safari travel in a safari minibus, each passenger will have a window seat & there are pop top hatches for better game viewing and photography
  • Safari will be escorted by an English speaking driver / guide
  • Game Reserve and National Park entrance fees
  • Scheduled flights Nairobi / Mombasa / Nairobi with applicable taxes

     

    Excluded are from all prices above are:

  • Airfares to / from Nairobi and applicable airport taxes
  • Visa expenses
  • Lunch at Whitesands Hotel / lunch and dinner in Nairobi

  • Comprehensive travel insurance (medical, accident, cancellation, lost baggage etc)
  • Personal items such as drinks in hotels, gratuities and souvenirs

 

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